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102752 to 102787— Continued. 



small creamy tubular flowers are borne 

 in large panicles. 



102756. Clematis zeylanica (L.) Poir. 

 Ranunculaceae. 



A climbing shrub, native to India and 

 Ceylon, with trifoliolate leaves having 

 the terminal leaflet changed into a ten- 

 dril. The solitary axillary flowers, about 

 1 inch across, have narrow green-white 

 petals and yellow stamens. 



For previous introduction see 93218. 



102757. Elsholtzia polystachya Benth. 

 Menthaceae. 



A bushy annual 3 to 4 feet high, na- 

 tive to India. The serrate lanceolate 

 leaves are 3 to 6 inches long, and the 

 small white tubular flowers are borne in 

 fascicled spikes 4 to 10 inches long. 



102758. Eriobotrya petiolata Hook. f. 

 Malaceae. 



A stout tree with leathery leaves 6 to 

 9 inches long and white flowers, one-half 

 inch in diameter, appearing in panicles 



3 to 6 inches long and broad. It is na- 

 tive to Sikkim, India, between 5,000 and 

 9,000 feet altitude. 



102759. Euphorbia sikkimensis Boiss. 

 Euphoruiace&e. Spurge. 



A stout perennial 3 to 4 feet high, na- 

 tive to the Sikkim Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes of 8,000 to 10,000 feet. The 

 linear-lanceolate glabrous leaves are 2 to 



4 inches long, and the small inconspicu- 

 ous flowers are surrounded by broad 

 ovate yellow bracts. 



102780. Flemingia congest a Roxb. 

 Fabaceae. 



An erect shrub 4 to 6 feet high, with 

 angular silky branchlets, native to south- 

 eastern Asia. The trifoliolate leaves have 

 broadly lanceolate leaflets 4 to 6 inches 

 long, and the small flowers, covered by 

 the shining pale-brown silky calyx, are in 

 dense oblong racemes 2 inches long. 



102761. Gaultheria griffithiana Wight. 

 Ericaceae. 



A stout shrub native to northern 

 India up to an altitude of 9,000 feet. 

 The leathery oblong long-pointed leaves 

 are about 5 inches in length, and the 

 broadly tubular yellow-green flowers, in 

 racemes- 2 to 3 inches long, are followed 

 by brown, hairy fruits covered by the 

 deep-blue enlarged calyx one-fifth of an 

 inch in diameter. 



102762. Gaultheria nummularioides 

 Don. Ericaceae. 



A procumbent shrub covering banks 

 with much-branched densely leafy stems, 

 native to the Himalayas up to an alti- 

 tude of 9,000 feet, the leathery ovate 

 leaves are one-half inch long, and the 

 reddish or nearly white tubular flowers, 

 one-fifth of an inch long, are on densely 

 bracted pedicels. The small fleshy blue- 

 black fruits are one-sixth of an inch in 

 diameter. 



102763. Geranium refractum Edgew. 

 and Hook. f. Geraniaceae. 



A glandular-hairy perennial herb 2 to 

 4 feet high, native to the Himalayas be- 

 tween 12,000 and 13,000 feet altitude. 

 The palmately compound pubescent 

 leaves, 3 inches wide, have 5 to 7 obtuse 

 deeply lobed segments, and the white 



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flowers, nearly 2 inches across, have re- 

 flexed petals and are borne in pairs on 

 axillary or terminal peduncles. 



102764. Globba racemosa J. E. Smith. 

 Zinziberaceae. 



A tropical herbaceous perennial with 

 erect stems 2 feet high from a creeping 

 rhizome. The oblong-lanceolate leaves 

 are 6 to 9 inches long, and the bright- 

 yellow tubular flowers, 1 inch long, are 

 borne in a narrow panicle a foot long. 

 Native to India. 



102765. Hydrangea vestita Wall. Hy^ 

 drangeaeeae. 



A tall shrub up to 15 feet high, native 

 to the temperate Himalayas from 8,000 

 to 10,000 feet. The branchlets are hairy, 

 and the oblong to ovate serrate leaves, 

 4 to 9 inches long, are densely white 

 tomentose beneath. 



102766. Hypericum hookerianum Wight 

 and Arn. Hypericaceae. 



St. Johnswort. 



A compact shrub up to 6 feet high, 

 with bright red-brown branches, ever- 

 green leaves 1 to 4 inches long, and many- 

 flowered corymbs of large golden-yellow 

 flowers, each about 2 inches across. Na- 

 tive to the Himalayas. 



102767. Hypericum oblongifolium 

 Choisy. Hypericaceae. St. Johnswort. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, native to the 

 temperate slopes of the Himalayas at 

 altitudes of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. The 

 sessile ovate-lanceolate leaves are 1 to 3 

 inches long, and the nodding flowers, 2 

 inches across, are white on opening, turn- 

 ing light yellow with age. 



For previous introduction see 99732. 



102768. Nageia neriifolia (Don) Kuntze 

 (Podocarpus neriifolia Don). Taxa- 

 ceae. 



A glabrous evergreen tree, native to 

 southeastern Asia. The straight or fal- 

 cate leathery leaves are 4 to 8 inches 

 long, and the solitary globose seeds, one- 

 fourth of an inch in diameter, grow on 

 fleshy oblong peduncles. 



102769. Ostodes paniculata Blume. Eu- 

 pborbiaceae. 



A tree, native to India and Java, with 

 pubescent branchlets and stout white- 

 barked branches. The leathery long- 

 pointed serrate ovate leaves are' 8 to 12 

 inches long, and the inconspicuous flow- 

 ers, in glabrous panicles a foot long, are 

 followed by rough three-lobed woody cap- 

 sules an inch long. 



102770. Peliosanthes macrophylla 

 Wall. Liliaceae. 



A perennial herb with horizontal root- 

 stocks, native to India at an altitude of 

 600 feet or less. The elliptic-lanceolate 

 leaves, 12 to 18 inches long, are in a 

 rosette from which rise the erect bracted 

 scapes bearing racemes of purple-green 

 broadly campanulate flowers. 



102771. Pixus roxburghii Sargent (P. 

 longifolia Roxb.). Pinaceae. Pine. 



A tree, native to the lower Himalayas 

 at altitudes of 1,500 to 7,500 feet, often 

 over 100 feet high, with a round sym- 

 metrical head, but sometimes stunted 

 and gnarled. The light-green pendulous 

 leaves, in clusters of three, are 9 to 12 



